For $25 your BSYO student can have unlimited access to select BSO concerts throughout the season. The BSYO Access Pass can be presented at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall ticket window for one concert ticket. Parents can attend as well by taking advantage of the 20% discount offered to BSYO families or by purchasing Rush Tickets. Available concerts will be listed on this page and updated as the season progresses.

Passes may be purchased at weekly BSYO rehearsals.

Please note that this offer is only valid for select concerts listed on this page. Premium seating and concerts are excluded.

The 2016 Centennial year reaches its finale with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. No other work creates such breathless excitement, whether you're hearing it for the first time or returning to it as a familiar favorite. Remarkably, Beethoven was completely deaf when he conducted its 1824 premiere performance. He had to be turned around to face the audience after the final notes had died away to recognize the waving handkerchiefs and hats in hands, a tribute to a man who could not hear the applause.

Heeeeeere’s Doc and his big, bad band! Known worldwide for his thirty years at the helm of The Tonight Show Band, the gutsy trumpeter and his equally stupendous lineup bring you an evening of hard-swingin’ favorites from the Basie and Ellington repertoire as well as pop and jazz standards. You’ll hit a high note — and Doc will hit tons — in this unstoppable show.

From the sheer joy and magnitude of the “Hallelujah” chorus to the delicate beauty of the arias, it’s no wonder this beloved work has crowned holiday celebrations for centuries. The BSO’s annual complete performance of the Messiah, led from the harpsichord by the dynamic Edward Polochick, is a musical tradition you’ll want to make your own.

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, composed and arranged by Ellington/Murtha

STEP into the holiday season with this fully realized jazz version of the timeless Nutcracker. Riffing off of Ellington’s dazzling reimagining of a portion of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, jazz composer Paul Murtha has created an entire “Swingin Nutcracker” with both an Act 1 and Act 2.

This semi-staged production features the vibrant and percussive dancing of Washington based company, Step Afrika! Join the BSO for this very special world premiere.

George Bailey’s extraordinary Christmas Eve journey with an Angel Second Class is a story we turn to year after year. As the BSO performs the score live to accompany the film, you’ll experience the warmth of this cinematic classic as never before.

Vocal sensation Storm Large of Pink Martini joins the BSO for a sparkling holiday celebration! Bring the whole family to get in the spirit of the season with this special program of carols, classics and lots of surprises. Plus — back by popular demand, the Tap-Dancing Santas are comin' to town!

Director J.J. Abram’s thrilling reboot is touching down at the Meyerhoff! The BSO performs Michael Giacchino’s thrilling score live for two nights of warp-speed blockbusters. On Thursday, join Kirk and Spock in an alternate-reality battle to stop Romulan Nero from destroying the Federation. Come back Friday for the action-packed second installment, Star Trek Into Darkness, in which a devastated Starfleet contends with a threat to Earth from within its own ranks.

Director J.J. Abram’s thrilling reboot is touching down at the Meyerhoff! The BSO performs Michael Giacchino’s thrilling score live for two nights of warp-speed blockbusters. Join us for the action-packed second installment in which a devastated Starfleet contends with a threat to Earth from within its own ranks.